Brad Johnson Paid Bribe to Alter Footballs Super Bowl XXXVII

[MRojas4]

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Former Buccaneers quarterback Brad Johnson has admitted to paying a bribe to have the footballs tampered with before the 2003 Super Bowl.

Johnson, whose Buccaneers beat the Raiders at Super Bowl XXXVII, said he paid $7,500 to some people he did not identify so that they would scuff the balls set to be used in the Super Bowl, making them easier to grip. According to Johnson, there were 100 footballs set aside for the game, and the people he bribed tampered with all 100, to Johnson’s specifications.

“I paid some guys off to get the balls right,” Johnson told the Tampa Bay Times. “I went and got all 100 footballs, and they took care of all of them.”

That’s a shocking admission — Johnson is confessing that he cheated to help his team win the Super Bowl, and that people who work for the NFL accepted a bribe to help one team cheat in the Super Bowl.

 

[MD]

This will be interesting.

 

[hoops]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...at-the-super-bowl/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

Former Buccaneers quarterback Brad Johnson has admitted to paying a bribe to have the footballs tampered with before the 2003 Super Bowl.

Johnson, whose Buccaneers beat the Raiders at Super Bowl XXXVII, said he paid $7,500 to some people he did not identify so that they would scuff the balls set to be used in the Super Bowl, making them easier to grip. According to Johnson, there were 100 footballs set aside for the game, and the people he bribed tampered with all 100, to Johnson’s specifications.

“I paid some guys off to get the balls right,” Johnson told the Tampa Bay Times. “I went and got all 100 footballs, and they took care of all of them.”

That’s a shocking admission — Johnson is confessing that he cheated to help his team win the Super Bowl, and that people who work for the NFL accepted a bribe to help one team cheat in the Super Bowl.

here we go...pandoras box...

 

[BahamaFinFan78]

Does the "Everybody's doing it" mean it's okay?

 

[SkapePhin]

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[MD]

Key difference is that all balls were altered.

 

[hoops]

Key difference is that all balls were altered.

so he says

 

[hoops]

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yeah no doubt...i've had my suspicions in the past for sure but i can't tell you how crushed i'm gonna be if i find out the game i've spent my entire life on and my favorite thing other than family has been a wrestling level hoax the entire time...how much time i would have thrown away...

i think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit

 

[Fins1971]

yeah no doubt...i've had my suspicions in the past for sure but i can't tell you how crushed i'm gonna be if i find out the game i've spent my entire life on and my favorite thing other than family has been a wrestling level hoax the entire time...how much time i would have thrown away...

i think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit

Sometimes I think it is all rigged.

 

[Hayden Fox]

Don't let the Pats use this for motivation.

 

[MD]

yeah no doubt...i've had my suspicions in the past for sure but i can't tell you how crushed i'm gonna be if i find out the game i've spent my entire life on and my favorite thing other than family has been a wrestling level hoax the entire time...how much time i would have thrown away...

i think i just threw up in my mouth a little bit

I'm not one to believe it is scripted but there are instances that make you wonder about the outcome of a game. I don't like to keep banging on the Lions getting robbed in Dallas but it's no secret the NFL gains more financially with the Cowboys being relevant and making a deep playoff run.

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Don't let the Pats use this for motivation.

May be more distraction than motivation.

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

Brad Johnson is really ****ing stupid to admit this.

It's my understanding that what he did is actually criminal.

 

[hoops]

it's hard to script it mad dog but the game can pretty much come down to a couple calls here or there if you want it to...we see it all the time...momentum and do overs are HUGE in pro football

 

[SoCal Finatic]

More and more as the years go by, I think the league is fixed. Hear me out. I don't think it's a massive cover up planned from the beginning of a season (WWE style).
But how often has it appeared that certain teams get certain calls (or no calls, holding, PI, etc). I was there in 2008 in Miami when Pittsburgh was in town and Rothlisburger clearly fumbled into the endzone, which was recovered by the Fins... Refs: " Nope, we didn't see it, so give it back to Pittsburgh" They got a mulligan and beat us. The NFL isn't completely rigged, but they do seem to overlook certain things and focus on others. With billions of dollars exchanging hands (Vegas betting included) do you think the owners leave game outcomes completely to chance? I don't really think so.

 

[hoops]

More and more as the years go by, I think the league is fixed. Hear me out. I don't think it's a massive cover up planned from the beginning of a season (WWE style).
But how often has it appeared that certain teams get certain calls (or no calls, holding, PI, etc). I was there in 2008 in Miami when Pittsburgh was in town and Rothlisburger clearly fumbled into the endzone, which was recovered by the Fins... Refs: " Nope, we didn't see it, so give it back to Pittsburgh" They got a mulligan and beat us. The NFL isn't completely rigged, but they do seem to overlook certain things and focus on others. With billions of dollars exchanging hands (Vegas betting included) do you think the owners leave game outcomes completely to chance? I don't really think so.

exactly...there is so much money involved...and they also have such a rabid fan base...i mean here we are a month out of being done and we talk about football 24/7 every day in the offseason even